# Renal Supportive Care Nurse

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Town:** Carshalton
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 per annum Inclusive of HCAS
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Three days, 7.5 hours)
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-04T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-21T08:03:30.338Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Carshalton/Epsom_St_Helier_University_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Renal_Services/Renal_Services-v8132711
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8132711?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Providing clinical expertise, education & support for patients approaching End stage Renal disease (ESRD) to enable informed decision making when choosing a treatment option as their kidneys fail. To work in partnership with the Advanced Kidney care Matron & team, Frailty & AKCC Consultant and allied healthcare professionals in identifying patients who may benefit from the support offered.    To provide educational support to ensure that all patients have a frailty score when approaching ESRD in order to identify the patients who will benefit most from this service.

To work in partnership with primary care (palliative, General practice) to ensure good links that enable smooth referral where patients choose a supportive care pathway.

To work in partnership with the Trust palliative care teams.

To collect relevant data agreed with the Medical team & Programme Lead  to demonstrate the outcomes of the intervention and provide monthly updates to the Divisional Tri that can be communicated to the ICB & NHSE.

### Main duties of the job

The post holder will manage a caseload of multi co-morbid patients, with advance chronic kidney disease providing education, support and coordinating the patient care pathways for in and outpatients as appropriate. They will also provide specialist advance care planning to patients and their families, and act as a resource for other professionals. By utilising expert knowledge, skills and experience, the post holder will enable and support the process of delivering high-quality care to individuals reaching the end of life on dialysis with advanced care pathway needs. To participate as part of a multi-disciplinary team, working collaboratively with colleagues, patients, carers, other health and social care professionals, statutory, voluntary and independent organisations to ensure optimum patient management. The post holder will play a key role in ongoing service developments to ensure the delivery of evidence based best practice and assist in meeting Trust targets/objectives

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the  CNS Nursing role Epsom and St Helier.

## Person Specification

### nursing

**Essential**

- Knowledge of clinical Audit and standard setting
- Understanding of current NHS strategies including Clinical Governance and NICE & UKKA guideline

**Desirable**

- Counselling skills
- Motivational interviewing training

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience in Renal Nursing

**Desirable**

- Experience and knowledge of kidney care, palliative care & supportive care
- Experience of clinic consultation
- Advanced care planning experience

### Qualifications and Training

**Essential**

- Registered Nurse
- d Training Registered Nurse, Degree Level or relevant experience
- Renal specialist qualification or equivalent experience.

## Documents

- [jd (pdf, 517.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10435912)
- [dbs policy (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=677)
- [we're here to care (doc, 39.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=678)
- [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2413)

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